indartsu

Basque

Etymology

From indar (“strength”) +‎ -tsu.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /indart͡s̺u/ [ĩn̪.d̪ar.t͡s̺u]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /indart͡s̺u/ [ĩn̪.d̪ar.t͡s̺u]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /indart͡s̻u/ [ĩn̪.d̪ar.t͡s̻u]

 

• Rhymes: -arts̺u, -u

• Rhymes: -arts̺u, -u
• Rhymes: -arts̻u, -u

• Hyphenation: in‧dar‧tsu

Adjective

indartsu (comparative indartsuago, superlative indartsuen, excessive indartsuegi)

1. strong

   Synonyms: azkar, indardun

Declension

Declension of indartsu (adjective, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		indartsu	indartsua	indartsuak
ergative		indartsuk	indartsuak	indartsuek
dative		indartsuri	indartsuari	indartsuei
genitive		indartsuren	indartsuaren	indartsuen
comitative		indartsurekin	indartsuarekin	indartsuekin
causative		indartsurengatik	indartsuarengatik	indartsuengatik
benefactive		indartsurentzat	indartsuarentzat	indartsuentzat
instrumental		indartsuz	indartsuaz	indartsuez
inessive	anim	indartsurengan	indartsuarengan	indartsuengan
	inan	indartsutan	indartsuan	indartsuetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	indartsutako	indartsuko	indartsuetako
allative	anim	indartsurengana	indartsuarengana	indartsuengana
	inan	indartsutara	indartsura	indartsuetara
terminative	anim	indartsurenganaino	indartsuarenganaino	indartsuenganaino
	inan	indartsutaraino	indartsuraino	indartsuetaraino
directive	anim	indartsurenganantz	indartsuarenganantz	indartsuenganantz
	inan	indartsutarantz	indartsurantz	indartsuetarantz
destinative	anim	indartsurenganako	indartsuarenganako	indartsuenganako
	inan	indartsutarako	indartsurako	indartsuetarako
ablative	anim	indartsurengandik	indartsuarengandik	indartsuengandik
	inan	indartsutatik	indartsutik	indartsuetatik
partitive		indartsurik	—	—
prolative		indartsutzat	—	—

Adverb

indartsu (comparative indartsuago, superlative indartsuen, excessive indartsuegi)

1. strongly

Further reading

• “indartsu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “indartsu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005